It is the sixth month of the Chu calendar, and the summer solstice has passed early, and it has entered the three dogs. There is no wind in the city of Wancheng, which is surrounded by city walls, and it is unusually hot from afternoon to dusk. Knowing the endless shouts, the deputy envoy of the Qin State in the post house was drinking with Xiong Qi.

When his grandfather Mi Rong was still alive, the Mi family still had some prestige in the Qin State, and when his grandfather died, except for leaving an empty lord, the Mi family had almost no influence except for relying on the ancestral queen mother Mi Thorn and relying on the entire Chu family. Feng Jun title II and received, and when his father Mi Chang died, the Mi family, who had no improvement, would be no different from the head of Qian. It's just that no one thought that in such a declining family, the man did nothing, and poured out a woman who moved the world.

She really didn't know whether she should cry or laugh. His daughter King Qin wanted to marry, and King Chu also wanted to marry. Fortunately, now the King of Qin has promised that as long as the King of Chu negotiates peace, his daughter can marry into the Chu Palace as the queen openly. Therefore, he is particularly concerned about whether Qin and Chu can negotiate a peace alliance, only in this way can he be the uncle of the king of Chu, and he can revive the prestige of the Qi clan.

"Brother Wang only wants to recover his homeland, and he has no intention of destroying Qin." Mi Qian is not his own person, Xiong Qi does not dare to tell him the truth. "Once Qin Chu negotiates a peace alliance, Brother Wang will be crowned......"

"Crowned?" Mi Qian said strangely. "King Jing is less than twenty, how to crown?"

"The princes of the Son of Heaven are twelve crowns." Xiong Qi laughed as he spoke. "Besides, Xuan'er is very beautiful, and Brother Wang is very anxious."

Xiong Qi is a person who has come over, he has watched Zhao Zheng grow up and knows the thoughts of young people. When she heard the laughter, she felt uncomfortable. The daughter is the father's treasure, and he is reluctant to marry the king of Qin or the king of Chu.

"However," Xiong Qi turned around, "the affairs of the Chu State are not decided by the younger brother of the king, but by the Yingdu Zhengchao. If Yingdu is in the dynasty and insists on cutting down Qin......"

"How?" Qi Qian asked urgently. Whoever a daughter marries is married, but whether Qin Chu can negotiate peace is related to the fate of the Qi family.

"Then peace cannot be negotiated, and the war will start again." Xiong Qi no longer smiled, only solemn. This kind of solemnity seemed to others to be worried about the war situation, but in fact, he was worried about the future of the Qin State. After Xiong Jing invaded Xianyang, he abolished Zhao Zheng and established Fusu, and he would become the prime minister of Qin, and he supported Fusu until he was crowned pro-government.

Such a Qin state will undergo great changes: inside, it will be exhausted of officials, clear traitors, and the counties will be given to the Zhao clan and the warlike generals in the Qin army; Outside, that is to redraw the border with Zhao, Wei, Han, and Chu.

There is no problem with the Zhao State to use the Taihang Mountain as the boundary; Wei and Han had some troubles, mainly in the Cuihan Valley Road. The state of Chu did not mind that the state of Qin kept the land east of the river, but it had to hand over the road of the Cuihan Valley, and the greatest allowance was to keep Taolinsai (now Tongguan). The west of Taolinsai belonged to Qin, and the east of Taolinsai belonged to Korea or Wei.

The border with the state of Chu was the most troublesome, and Xiong Jing believed that the courtiers were likely to use the Qinling Mountains as the boundary between the two countries. In the east, that is, south of Shangluo belonged to the state of Chu, and the five counties of Hanzhong, Ba, Shu, Qianzhong, and Wu in the west were no longer owned by the Qin state. In fact, the state of Chu also took Nanyang County and Hanzhong County south of Shangluo, Ba, Shu, Qianzhong, Wu County, as well as Cangwu County and Jiuyue County of Chu itself, all of which would be handed over to the Yue tribes who had contributed to the war.

In this way, the places that Qin can retain are Longyou County, Beidi County, Neishi (Guanzhong), Shangjun, Hedong County, Shangdang County, and Taiyuan County to the north of Shangdang in Hedong. Shangdang and Taiyuan previously belonged to the Zhao state, and Hedong previously belonged to the Wei state. The state of Qin was weak, and the two countries of Zhao and Wei would inevitably go to war again after recuperation.

However, this is all later, if Zhao and Wei join forces to attack Qin, Chu will definitely intervene, because this will destroy the balance of power among the countries. Xiong Jing believed that as long as the gunpowder and artillery were controlled, the countries of the world would inevitably bow down to the Chu State. The nest is already too backward, and the countries should go out on sea ships and go to the colonies to fight, which is the right thing.

- Yesterday evening, Xiong Jing, who drank too much, described the post-war world, which was not a war for the world, but a war for the whole world. He did not regret this for the Qin State, and believed that the Qin State must occupy Hedong County to the death, because only by occupying the easternmost part of Hedong County could Qin's sea boats enter the sea from the Yellow River.

Xiong Qi was solemn at first, and gradually smiled when he thought of the strange overseas world depicted by Xiong Jing. Mi Ling was taken aback by his sentence 'If the peace negotiation fails, the war will start again', he was about to say that if the peace negotiation fails, the whole Mi clan will probably be punished as a ghost salary - someone has already threatened like this, and finally saw Xiong Qi laugh, so he swallowed the words that went to his throat.

"Tell the Qin envoy that the king has a call." A soap-clothed man stood outside and said, Xiong Qi and Mi Qian immediately got up when they heard this.

"The situation has changed, my Chu Shi has pulled out the Jingzi Pass last night." After arriving at the shogunate, Xiong Jing went straight to the point. "No, I won't make peace with Qin."

"This ......" Xiong Qi didn't expect it to be this news. He looked around and saw that Qi Wei's envoys were there, so he said angrily in front of everyone: "How can the king be like this!" I, Great Qin, am willing to cut the land of the two counties to seek peace, why doesn't the king make an alliance with Great Qin? ”

Xiong Qi was furious, and he was so shocked that he trembled, he wanted to point at Xiong Jing, but he didn't dare to point at Xiong Jing.

"The Qin people have no faith, and the words of seeking peace are just a measure to delay the army." Higashino retorted. "600,000 Qin troops are galloping from Anyi to aid Nanyang, fifteen days later, Chu Qin will definitely fight again, doesn't the prime minister know?"

"The minister has not heard of this. This time, Chu is only for the sake of the alliance. Xiong Qidao. The king rejected the beauty of Great Qin and was instigated by Qi Wei, which was very unwise. 600,000 Qin troops are galloping from Anyi to aid Nanyang, does the king think that the Chu army will win? ”

"Victory?" Xiong Jing shook his head, "Why did the State of Chu have to fight hard against 600,000 Qin troops. The Chu army attacked Jingzi Pass, with the intention of Lantian. The Chu army went to Lantian and pulled out Xianyang. ”

"You!" Xiong Qi pretended to be a giant horror. "The king is like this, and there will be retribution in the Great Qin!"

"I don't summon Qin's envoys to meet each other, but to tell Chu Qin not to make peace for the time being. The war between Wuguan and Fangcheng is about to start, and these two roads can no longer return to Qin. The Qin envoy returned to Qin under the pretense of Wei State. Xiong Jing said, his eyes swept over Mi Li.

"Since the king doesn't want to be friendly with my Great Qin, why should he care about the life or death of his ministers." Xiong Qi was still angry, he made a false slap and shouted: "Please retire." With that, he took care of himself and withdrew. Qi Ling threw a resentful look at Xiong Jing and retreated with him.

"Congratulations to the king for pulling out the Wuguan and then going to Lantian." Tian He and Wei were overjoyed. The state of Chu is about to capture Wuguan, and the state of Qi and Wei must take the opportunity to defeat the water dogs and reap more benefits before the situation in the world is completely calmed down.

"The two envoys, please take a break for a day, and tomorrow they will walk with the Qin envoys." After Xiong Jing told him, he asked them to be invited out of the shogunate to make final arrangements for the generals. "Wancheng is the Chen Ying of the past, Wancheng and Dengyi are not lost, and the Qin army can't cut off my way back. Therefore, the duties of garrisoning Wucheng, Eyi, Wancheng, Shuyang, Xinye, and Dengyi should not be handed over to Chen Qing. ”

"Respectfully obey the order!" Chen Bu was shocked when he heard the words, and quickly went out to tell Xiong Jing and took the feather in his hand.

"The divisions of Ludi, the divisions of Songdi, and the division of Chen, must be stationed until they do not retreat." Every time Xiong Jing said a place, the generals of this place were all ordered, and they stood behind Chen Ke. The combined strength of the three regions has thirteen and a half divisions, with more than 90,000 people. "If the Qin army crosses the white water by force, it should be able to fight with it in the west of the water."

Baishui almost divided Nanyang County, Wucheng (a hundred miles north of Wancheng, now Yahekou Reservoir), Eyi (fifty miles north of Wancheng, the fief of Ejun Qi before the defeat of Chuisha), Wancheng, Shuyang, Xinye, and Dengyi. These cities are all along the shores of the White Water, and all of them are on the west coast, except for Shinno. The strategic plan of the Chu army is very clear, that is, to use these cities as a base and defend it according to Baishui.

The Qin army came from afar without boats, and it was difficult to cross the river under the threat of the Chu army. Even if the soldiers were forced to cross the river at night, the baggage and grain could not cross the river in a short time. The time for the Chu army to garrison Baishui was not long, if the Qin army did not save Xianyang, the news of Xianyang's uprooting came half a month later, and the Qin army would have no intention of fighting, and would return to Qin from Hangu Pass. If the Qin army divides its forces, half of the 600,000 troops rescue Xianyang, half attack Nanyang and Jiuying, and join the Chu army after the Wei army, plus the soldiers that Jiuying is recruiting, the number may be 300,000, and the Qin army can fight at the right time.

There are divisions and brigades ordered to defend the city, there are divisions and brigades ordered to pull out, the crowds inside and outside the city are surging, the boats on the white water are Sai River, until the night, the two banks of the river inside and outside the city are still blazing, and life is boiling. Under the starry sky, Xiong Jing and Xiong Qi stood on the wall of Wancheng again, looking at the soldiers and boats on the dock under the city.

"Brother Wang also wants to enter the martial arts?" Xiong Qi didn't say anything during the day, it was for outsiders to see.

"Yes." Xiong Jing thought that he could wait until Mi Xuan, but he didn't expect that he would lead his army to attack Qin tomorrow.

"The king must have mobilized Sergeant Guan to guard Lantian." Xiong Qi couldn't stop the Chu army from attacking Lantian, he only hoped that Qin Chu could really stop the war. "Brother Wang is going to ......"

"Our army has attacked Qin for 20 days, and it has only been 15 days since we attacked Lantian. Brother thinks that the army gathered in Lantian should have geometry? "It is also advantageous to take Jingzi Pass in advance with the division, that is, the time for the Qin military battle in Guanzhong is greatly shortened.

"I don't know." Xiong Qidao. "But the time is so hasty, and Guanzhong has recruited soldiers before, or there are 300,000 people."

Xiong Qi's judgment is not much different from the judgment of Da Sima Fu, the counties south of the Qinling Mountains can't catch up in such a short time, Longyou County, Beidi County, and Shangjun are too far away, and it is estimated that it is too late, and the only ones who can really be recruited are the forty-one counties of the internal history, and these counties have already been recruited once because they are on both sides of the Weishui.

"It doesn't matter how many people there are, the important thing is that there are no more soldiers in the pass. Back then, my father Wang Gangxu, our army and the Qin army fought in Qingshui. Although the Qin army entered the ambush of our army, our army could not attack. It's just because the Qin army is all elite. "Xiong Jing talked about the battle nine years ago, and the defeat of Chu State may not die, but he will definitely die." Today's Qin army is not as good as before, whether it is 300,000 or 400,000, it is all chickens and dogs, and our army will be able to sweep away. ”